Episode Report Card Potes: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Battle Of The Blands
By Potes | Season 7 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.05.2006
Melrose is first to be evaluated, and we see her best take. Nigel says that she has a beautiful smile, and to be able to talk and smile like that is the reason that Cover Girl would hire Melrose for their commercial. Talking and smiling is the new splitting the atom. Then Victorio or Lucchino says that he has never met such a magnificent, fresh young speaker. Apparently, Italy is filled with mutes. Melrose understands "magnifico" and "fresca," and is pleased. Tyra then says, "So, Melrose," and it almost sounds like she's saying "Smellrose," which would have been awesome. Everyone then looks at her Cover Girl ad. Miss J. says that he wishes her lips hadn't been so stiff. Tyra is disappointed by Melrose's film, and wasn't sure if she was nervous or if she's not a natural beauty-shot girl. Well, she's not a natural beauty, so that would stand to reason.
Then it's time for Eugena. Miss J. yells, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!," and Twiggy notes that Eugena does have personality. Tyra asks where that girl has been throughout the competition, and Eugena says that she was just nervous. Tyra says that this is the most nervewracking thing they've had to do. As she says this, she gives a big old finger point to the screen, and you can see Miss J.'s hand doing the exact same thing simultaneously in the left of the screen. It's pretty awesome. Anyway, Eugena says that this is the easiest thing she's had to do. Nigel notes that Eugena has a bit of a sourpuss face when she's not smiling. Tyra asks Eugena if she wants to be a model. Oh, here we go. Eugena says that she does, and Miss J. says that it doesn't sound like she really does. She assures him that she does. And then there's Eugena's ad, which is totally amazing. Seriously, it's great. Twiggy says that Eugena's really saved her best for the eleventh hour. Miss J. says that this is scary, because it makes one wonder if she'll fall back and not move forward. Eugena says that's a long way to fall, but nobody on the panel appreciates her humor.
Then there's Caridee. If you ask me, she lays it on a bit thick, but Tyra likes how she models while she's doing it. This means that she actually moved her body. Every now and then, however, she frowned, which is no good. Nigel tells her to slow it down. Caridee's Cover Girl ad is...okay. She looks pretty mature. Like she should be wearing White Diamonds perfume. But Twiggy says that the shot is sophisticated and her skin looks beautiful and her lips look luscious. Twiggy has a girl crush! Miss J. likes her like this, more relaxed. Caridee says that she was trying to be relaxed, and not porno or sexy. Tyra says that Caridee's film was the best and that she blew them away with this picture. Nigel notes that she's really looking like a model in person these days, too.